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fiixpencel- barrel. This was proved in evidence be fo.-e the Comtni• - tte, by Mr. Delantey; who also de ciAed that the quantity of grain. in the markets of England was lithe less than. it .was-last year. .He deprecared ail such interventions of the -Legislatures except itrextahne cases. . Nothing could be :more noxious than tampering with the trade of fooct:by Parliamentary replatioeS. If the farmer were...ebe Lit to obtain his own profit by the rise of .grain, without the interference of the Legislature, he would no longer till the 'ground. Under all these circum stances he objected most decisively to the measure. Adverting to the recommendation ()Idle Committee to suspend the intercourse of spirits between the two countries, he questioned the right of a Committee to. otter a recommendation which went direairto an infringement of the Articles of Union. Sir A. WELLESLEY explained. Mr. ELLISON, atter having divested the subjea of all the extraneous matter that bad been introduced inkthe course of the discussion, entered into an exa tnioation of the real- merits of the question; contend ing let considerable length that the apprehensions of the landed interest were ill-founded, and that some measure of precaution was indispensible. Admiral I lARVEY observed, as the mode of relief to the West India Merchants recommended by the Report was of a description that he totally disapprov ed, he nmst vote against the Speaker's leaving the Chair. If a strong case were made out of distress, lie should be most ready to acccde &o any plan by which grain would not be atieded. Mr. FosTert, as he leg compelled to vote on this question against those with whom he usually con curred, explained the motive by which be was adu ated. It was his convidion that no tampering of the Legislature with agriculture ought to be allowed except in an extreme case, which did nut seem to Mr. WINDHAM argued to the same purpose, and ' remarked on the extraordinary change in the ques tion which had taken place within the last twenty lour hours. The West-India interest bad been completely left in the back ground, and a domestic scarcity made the protninent. figure in the canvas of the evening. bir CanktrAS,BETRiiELL argued with considerable =erg) , against the Motion. • Lord,C.ssmErt EAGH a,, strenuously argued in sup port of it, contending that the situation of Scotland and Ireland called foi - same measure of this descrip tion. JOEIN SMITH Wal ready to support any mea sure that would have the effect of preventing scarcity. Sir HAJIAY MILDNIAY proved from the public re turns, that this price of • barley was 3s, 4d. less at present titan in 1802, when the antecedent scarcity Was supposed to be at an cud. Mr. Fitnacar supported the motion, and Mr. W. Smith i.ind Mr. Laing Opposed it. After which. Lord. BINNING reFlied generally. A division then took place, • Fur the Committee - 122 Against it - 108 Majority - Another short discussion, as we understood, took place on she question for the Speaker's leaving the Cnitir, which was earri ! 2d in the affirmative, and the into alto Committee. on our rcrad tnision, as nearly as we could colleCt, the Chairman reported proJjcss, and the Committee was ordered to sit again this day. LOCAL MILITIA BILL. . Lnid CASTI,II(BAGII I)tit off the Committee on the Local Militia Bill to Thursday next, wishing to be understood that the business was certainly to comer on that day. The other Orders of the Day were then disposed of.—A.ijourned at Five o'clock. On the 2cl, the Emperor and. Empress visi i ted the. King and Quceu. 'the iEtriperor introdueetriOrhe; persons of distin:lion of hii'cOtire to them,' Who • were to serve their - ;ilijesties in several of their i concerns. NAPI.Es, Arait '2o.—We have now received certain intermatihn of the cause of the exploSion which took place on the night of the 31st of March, destroyed' a 'part of the Palace of the Minister SALICETTI. 'A • Machine had been brought from the Islands beset by the' English, •tilled with gun . - powder, and placed in a hole which bad been made in an inner wall of an house adjoining that of the Minister. The keys of that house were in the hands of the °Apothecary VISCARDZ. It is said that the minutest circumstances attending this calathity are known, and though not all the aElors and confede rates are yet discovered, at least some of them are in the hands of just ice. The extraordinary commission to whom this affair was entrusted will deliver their judgment without delay. PARIS, MAY 2.—His Majesty the Emperor has issued several decrees concerning the city of Bout-- deaux. Several buildings belonging to the domains he has ceded to the city ' and he has offered three millions to the owners of vineyards;' but each of the bidders for the loan are to deposit wine as a security • The Empress arrived at Bayonne on the 26th of April. The latest letters from that town mention nothing of the arrival of the PRINCE of PEACE there ; yet the Argus affirms, that, through the me diation of the French Emperor, the late Spanish Mi nister has been released from prison. LowER ELBE, MAY 3.—From Copenhagen we bear that the English are from time to time making attacks upon the Islands that lie before the Belts, which have hitherto proved fruitless. Among other attempts, they lately made one upon the little Island of Enchoi, which lies under Laland ; but the - fire from the shore was so brisk, that they soon desisted. In the evening, some Vessels ran by stealth to Albo, a place inhabited by none but pilots, and set fire to the houses ; the tire spread rapidly, and the wretch ed inhabitants with difficulty saved their lives. A part of the,Fencibles came instantly under arms, but the English did not wait their arrival. Sloops are daily cruizing round Laland, while the ships lie at anchor beneath Langeland. At Altona an Hanoverian Secretary of Legation has been arrested. FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE. LOWEII ELBE, MAY 6.---Already, a was ex• pecled, sum:: of the troops are on their march back from Hatuburgh (i.e. those which were sent thither atter the disturbances). The new Danish Chaqd de , Affilites, Mr; inn, has delivered his Credentials to thc.• Senate. PAR - 14, MAY 7.--ACCOrding to letters from Dal mati:a we learn that Hi, Majesty the Emperor has conf 'reed upon General MmtstoNT, who commands the army in that qua, ter, the title of Dukc of Ragusa. Several decrees have been publish e d respecting the Imperial mat ins. Sixty battalions of marines are to he formed, -who are to serve as the crews of 60 Ships' of 74 guns. MI the sailors'who are to be long to a man 01 war are at the same time to be can noneers ; the Officers are made responsible for the instruEtion of their crew in manceuvres and in' firing. Ten battalions of Marines have been organised for the Each battalion almperial marines is to Consist of four hundred and ninety-one men, officers inclnded ; each battalion 'which is to serve in the -fibrilla shall form nine companies, consisting to gether, Officers uled, of t,254 men. A Cops of 26,000 men is on the coasts of Nor mandy. concerning the. destination of which various opinions are formed. . • The itionikur of .yeaterday, states a variety of eircutrivances concerning their Majesties the King 311 d Qpt4ert r of Spain, who arrived at Bayonne on the Ituit day of April; Where, as well as on the road,' they have been received and- treated with all the ho notir and distinaion due to their rank, In half an hour after their arrival, his Majesty paid them a visit, which was of long duration. They reside in the Government Palate, while the Emperor and j4,mpreBs have taken up their residence in the castle of Merae. • Among the SpaniardS who waited . upon King CHARLES IV. and Queen LoutsA was the Prince of Asturias. After the tisual - salutationtheir Majesties retired ;. the !'rinse was desirous to follow them ; but the King prevented him, saying in Spaniel), " Prince, have you not yet enough insulted my grey hairs P' This made a 'deep impression upon the Prince, and *ose who wete with him. King6i ARLES expressed, with All the feeling of an• otfvnded parent, his pain at the ; conduct of the riinee of Asturias, repeating often these words, " Your Ale sty knows pot what it is to coMplain of a soon: this is the most eutting.afflietion that can be conceived." On the t st, the King and Queen dined with the 'Emperor, in the Palace of Merac. MAILS. ARR IVZO-• t Dublin, z Waterford. Out —1 cottenburgh, I Dublin, t Witerfurd. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TWE V& O'CLOCK. • Consols . 68 6 71 [Reduced Ann. .6r k THE SUN. itniem QUZI DICERS, f ALSUdt AUDI-I,T ? LONDON, FRIDAY, MAY QO, 1808. We have received Dutch,Papers down to the 18th inst. which, in their account of the affairs of Spain, differ in some respe&s from those which We have given. BUONAPARTR, it appears, has. not yet de cided in favour 'of either of the Competitors for the Crown of that unhappy Kingdom. The great re-. !yea with which he has treated the deposed Mo narch, and the perseverance of the French and Dutch Journals, which dare not insert a syllable without the permission of BUONAPARTR, in styling the new Monarch the " PRINCR of ASTURIAS," though apparently favourable to the former, is by no means decisive. BUONAPARTR, no doubt, likes the proud situation of being the Umpire of con- tending Monarchs, and he is too subtle to come to any decision, till he can do so in. a manner most advantageous to himself ; and ho will, doubtless, employ the interval with all possible' assiduity in promoting that sole object. Upon the whole, we must receive ail accounts of this very mysterious and critical state of things with distrust, tilt information begins to wear a more definitive and authentic cba raEter. We'think it necessary td add, that the ac count we gave, mentioning BuomArlatTa's acknow ledgment of the, new King, and the treaty ,into which he had entered with France, appeared in the Spanish Papers. THE French and• Dutch Papers freqiiently take an opportunity to mention the Embassy which BLIONC PARTE sent to the KING of PERSIA. We think it right to state, that our Ministers have by no means been negligent upon this subjeat ; for Sir H. Inas sailed from Portsmouth in the Sapphire Frigate, in October last, on an Embassy to Persia. He left the Capo on the t sth January. There is very little doubt that the Turkish Go vernment has at length began to manifest a disposi tion to resist the demands of BUONAPARTE. We fear, however, the Porte has opened its eyes to its true interests rather too late. In conjunetion with Great Britain and Russia, Turkey might have suc cessfully opposed the views of France; but opposed to France and Russia, we cannot entertain any very sanguine hopes as to the result of the contest. Ws yesterday mentioned the arrival of the Sole- Lay Frigate from Rio Janeiro. The PRINCE RE GENT arrived there from Bahia on the 7th March, and was received with every possible demonstration of the most sincere affe6tion by the Inhabitants. His Royal Highness has instituted a new Order called -the " Order of Fidelity," and Commodore Moons and Captain WALKER were among the. first that were decorated with the Insignia of the new Order. The following is the arrangement of the New Mi nistry : DON FtIt.NANDO Ds PORTUGAL, Minister of the Tread suty. DON JOHN D'ALPA E IDA, for the Interior. DoN Roortico Da SouzA COUTINUO, for thetWar and Foreign Alfa in. The Vis.ount of A NA DJ A, for the Navy. Marquis of BkLLAS, Chief of the I ustiee. ANTONO D'A ft %u.; I obtained his dismission as Minister of State, and remaiued Coons, I lor of the Privy Council. The important subjel of Distillation from Sugar was last night amply discussed in the House of Commons. The point is so clear, that it is quite astonishing that so much difference of opinion could arise, and we cannot help thinking, with the CHAN.. CELLOR of the EXCHEQUER, that many persons were induced to object because of the quarter in which the measures proposed to he adopted originated. It is notorious that we are excluded from the countries from which we annually imported grain to the' amount of near 800,000 quarters. It is admitted that our last harvest was very deficient, and that in some places a great alarm bad arisen of a scarcity of. , provisions. If, therefore, our neXt harvest should be equally deficient, we must, of necessity, adopt those measures which • prudence strongly recommends, even without any consideration of the relief which they would afford to our West India Colonies. The Chairman of the Committee (Lord BINNING) was censured for having deviated from his immediate duty as Chairman of the Committee, in order to make the question more general; but the Noble Lord having found in the coarse of his in quiries and observations that the welfare of the country at large was materially concerned, very pro perly extended his cares to these higher interests, without, however, losing sight of those for which the Committee had been specially appointed. Her MAJESTY completed her 64th year yester day.' ;The day was privately celebrated at Windsor by . agrand'dioner and' a sele& party in the evening. • The report occurrent about the SeOhorse'Vrigate being captured, is erroneous; she was very near an Enemy's Port in the Mediterranean, but letters are received in town from that Ship, which state that she got clear Government have received Dispatches from Ad. miral Sir JAilfiS SAumAitaz, dated on board the , Fielory, off Gottenbnrgh, 'and' announcing the safe arrival there of the Expedition ender his command, which lately sailed from the Nor! and. Yarmouth. On the retern of Colonel MURRAY, ,who was seat to make some arrangements with the ICING of SweriaN ' the whole Naval and Military For c e were to proceed for their objed, which is known to be the conetiest of Norway.' An event has just taken place in high life, which has excited - more interest that we ever recolle& any similar occurrence to have produced—pnamely, the sudden disappearance of a Lady of title and great beatify (who ranks among the most distinguished females for intelle&ual endowments), from, the fa mily residence in the neighbourhood of Penman square. The elopement took place about half pait four on Wednesday afternoeC ' with the Ho noura bl e Mr. son of a Noble Earl, and the parties went ofrfogether from the house of the injured hus band (Lord —) on foot. Tl retreat of the fugi tives is yet undiscovered, but is suspeeted to be not , .far distant from town. Lord—was sitting in the drawing room when the flight took place. Valiant rumours are afloat as to the cause which produced the derelictien'of every moral Principle in a Lady hitherto esteemed of irrftproaehable charader but the excuse formed by her Ladyship is, the negleCt , :. fel condo( of her Lord, and his notorious acne:l:- luent to other females. They have not been mar ried many years, and her Ladyship's fortune wets very considerable. NAVAL NEWS.- • PLYmorms, MAY B.—Sailed the Phcenie, Pu• more, and Pallas Frigates, and Comet and Coaatrice Sloops of War on a cruize to the Westward ; op Orestes', Sloop of• -War, with three Vessels under convoy, having the baggage of the North Hants ..t. Militia on board, for Falmouth. PORTSMOUTH, MAT ,19. —Arrived this dai the Little William, GOPTON ; Grace, BARTLETT; Hoz' rietta, LoNcauasr ; and William, —; from Gibraltar; and a few Coasters and Colliers from the Downs, Sailed the Sappho Brig with a Convoy for Cork. Yesterday arrived the ,Apollo, ROBINSON, front London, bound to Cardiff, having been run foul of by His Majesty's Ship Hyperion, which carried away her masts and rigging; she was towed into this Port by the same Ship. The Britannia, ROBINSON (Transport), which, arrived yesterday from Madeira, spoke the Demo ram and Rose in June from Liverpool for Dem. rara, op the 4th inst. in lat. 39 f. long. 19. 30. all well. The Resistance Frigate, Capt. ADAM, has a con., voy Signal flying for the Mediterranean. TORBAY, MAY I B.—Arrived his Majesty's Ship La Ileche, from a cruiie. Sailed his Majesty's Cutter Nimrod to join the Channel Fleet. SPORTING INTELLIGENCE. NEWSIARICE,T SECOND SPRING MEETING, 11+ THURSDAY. Mr. Andrew's Thorn, Bst. Sib. beat Mr. C. BrowneS Pavilion, Bst. tib. B. C. toogs.—s to 4 agst Thorn - Mr. Sitwell's Clinker, Irst. 31b. beat Mr. Shakes, ear's Diao count, Bst. Ab. M. soogs.—s to. ron Clinker. Mr. Vansitsort's M omentil la, beat Ld Grosvenor's Bulrush. Sat. sib. each. Ab. M. wogs. h. fta-2 to i agst Ma nient:lla. 4 .d Darlington's Master Good-all, Sst. Sib. beat Sir/Co Turner's Mr. Gundy, 7st. 121 b. Two-yr old Course, 300/1 6 h. It.-6 to 4on Master Good-all. Ld Grosvenor's Bulrush, 7st. 12lb. beat 141 G. 11. versdish's Dreadnought, 82t. 41b. Ab. M. fogs. --5 Wags° Bulrush. Fifty Pounds for 3-yr olds, 6st.2lb. 4.yr olds, Bst. s. yr oldis ctr. S it s G t o . o j isci l p b s : Lthib t e y ; r s% o ev i h d o. s mc a t .. n d d iim a o g mu ed nei , S 34 s y t y . fsr z s a uoi l l b cid . T. M C . 114 • • Mr. Goddard's ch. h. Achilles, s yrs old - . Cen. Grosvenor's ch. c. iohn-o'.Gaurit, 3 yrs old - 4 High odds agst Wood-demon—s to t agst Romeo--s to 2 apt Achilles. D. of Grafton's Musician, yst. 6lb. beat Mr. Shakesped i Wormwood, Lt. 13th. Two-yr old C. tongs..-6 1 4 +4 011 Musician. Ld Grosvenor's Baton, Sst. beat Ld Lowther's Trafalgar. Sst. 961 b. Across the Flat, m:15.-6 to 4 agst Eaton. D. of Grafton's Musician, fist. 61b. beat Ld Sackville's Bustard, Sst. tolb. Across the Flat, seegs.-6 to 4on Mu* sician. 14 Darlington's Master Good-all (late Cites Scroggins)e list. 71b. rec. 7ogs. from Sir C. Turner's Mr. Lundy, Two-yr old Course, soogc. h. ft. Mr. Lake's brother to Rumbo, agst Mr. Shakespear's Dis count, Sst. 31b, each. Two-yr old Course, aoogs. h. it. t : 4l by consent. Mr. COOPER, the Printer, a tnan formerly well known, in this Metropolis, dropt down in a fit. 0 4 Thursday last as he was walking to town from Chew sea, and died on the spot. Lieutenant-General. the Most Noble the Marqu i g at HUNTLEY is appointed Lord Lieutenant of (64 county of Aberdeen, in the room of his Grace the Duke of GORDON, who resigns. The Greenock and Port Glasgow Regiment, cote' manded ,by COl. ALEXANDER, of Southbar, at pre• sent in quarters at Glasgow, have, we understand, , publiclrdeclared their willingness to commute thoit present service for that of the Local Militia.—( 6lllP gow Courier.) _ SHIT iFIELfI MARKET, MAY 20. This day's market was but thinly supplied with, ,different kinds of Cattle; Mutton, Pork, and Vee' are dearer than our last report; Beet and Lamb are cheaper, and the trade fot the most part was rather flat. Nhe sales in the Haymarket were ineonsidet. able; Hay s Straw, and Clover fetched better piicer than NE) . uflay's market.-..We subjoin a correct state" meat of the prices and numbers : 'l'; sink the oral per stone of gib. a d Val Beef 4s. ad. to ss. 4d.---Mutton 4s. od. to SS. •1 - "' -- to 6s. od. to 7s. 6d.— Latab 6s.'isti. to is. 6d.—Durk s s. Cd. 6s. 6d. Beasts, 4so.—Sheep snd Lambs, ',ow: l .—Calves, 13 0 . Pigs, aso. '- Hay si. ss. od. to 61. 6s. ed.—Clover 61. Jos. od. to 7 1, os. od. —Straw tl. 01s. od. to M. ss. od. CORN EXCHANGE, MAY 20.—There are tolerable fresh supplies of Wheat arrived to-day, and thet are dull at rather lower prices; Barley likewise; Malt in large supply and lover; Pease and Beans of the tvvo kinds nearly.at last-prices ; the bash supplies of Oats are considerable (partly Foreign), and this article nearly supports last prices • Aye and Rape Seed are rather dearer ; Flour .without altekation. SHIP NEWS, LONDON 7 Printed by RICHA RD ii•R ix, of No, 4, Mattlett-coort, B„. s t r ect 3rd published by WILLIAM ARIAI4III. Sca:Prs, of South MODOn.strect, navel:Qr.:gussets AL tilt, SUN•ol , Fleil No. 112, Strand ; where 4civettiseprent s , ()id ol tar the Pater, letters for the Editur, Occoost.taid, rtwit be addrettied. 011.41,1151 ND, MAY 18. Passed by-the Airtsterdam Market, Apion, from Nevi' York. Sailed—the Eliza, Brown, for New-York ; Peggy, st.e; vens, tor . Rio Janeiro ; Powdersham Castle, Crocker , , 1 7, 4 St Michael's ; Sally, Brown, and Enterpriz t. Puwillant'T {lbialtar ; Concnraix, Browne, tor. Riga ; Tyne Packet, Bactle,r o for Dublin; Favounta, Clifton, tor Senegal ; daltiA4 - Jefferson, and the Industry, l'ohnson, for 5 10 "'" holiria., • itIPTFIS On Monday the 9 D th inst. at Exmrath, In Devonshir e, l t g Hon. Mrs. Holland, wife of the Nev. r, Hui Nod, itvc`, of Partings, in Sussex, was safely delivered of. a °AugM c ',. Lately, the Lady of Captain Leigh, of GLorge. Biacktnars- road, of a'Daughter. • DIED. On the toll insf of a violent illgannnalOTY fever. Jg r the v. '1 twmas Percy,. E LI) bellow of St. Jot .cdn3 6 , 7;, j . s I fte• Oxford. 414 nephew to tile Lord Bishop f 1)11)1/1,,— atit ' Yeqpritsy morning, atter a lingering d wo d, year ofber age. Miss Ward, eldest daughter ot Gcorge Esq.:of Soho.square. FROM THE LISBON GAZETTE. Aram 3.—The Undersigned Commissary of the sequestered English - property, makes known to the Merchants of this City, that in consequence of the Decree of his Excellency the Commander in Chief, dated the 26th of March last, all the goods of English manutaaure that are under sequestration in the Custom House, (with the exception of such as belong to the subjecls of Great Britain), may be cleared, and that: he will give on Tuesdays, Thurs days and Saturdays, in every week, the autho rity for the clearance of such us the claimants may prove their property, by invoices, bills of lad ing, or some other document ;. the said invoices, bills of lading, and documents, must be presented with the signatures duly attested. Lisbon, April, 2, 1808. (Signed) LE GOY. The following Decree has been published here, in the Name of his Majesty the Emperor of the French and king of Italy, Protestor of the Confederation of the Rhine, &c. " That M. De Le.ottrim. be appointed Intendant- General of the Police of the Kingdom of Portugal.-- His functions are to be independent of the different Secretaries of State, and he will be accountable only to the General in Chief. " The Secretary of State of the Interior and Fi nances is charged with the execution of this Decree, as far as respects the Portuguese authorities, who will acknowledge M. Lk:GARDE in his quality of Intend ant General. " Given at the Palace of Head Quarters, Lisbon, i'sol 0t March, 1808. (Signed) « JUNOT." *** We intended to submit this day . a few Observations to our Readers upon what recently dropped from Colonel Ski Int v, in the House of Commons, but are prevented by the length of the Debate, and of the Foreign Intelli. gence.